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Edmonton Comic Expo 2017

It was announced today that William Shatner is coming to the Expo next month! Other media guests include Gene Simmons (KISS), John Rhys-Davies (Indiana Jones, LOTR), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) plus actors from various TV shows (Riverdale, Stranger Things, Supernatural, Buffy)https://edmontonexpo.com/guests/media-guests/

Just reviewing the programming schedule for next weekend so I can make my own plans around it. Noticed that Shatner's panel is on early Friday night; a big change because usually the biggest names have their panels on Saturdays. Not sure if this is to boost Friday attendance (which is usually smaller than Sat and Sun) or if its because of the Gene Simmons gig in Hall D that night bumping the cosplay contest to an earlier time, or both.

“You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea.” - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012

^ There will be lineups to get into some panels, but I don't recall any of them having to turn away people as far as I know. The big name celebrity panels are in Hall D so there's usually plenty of seating, you'll only have to lineup if you're brave enough to go up and ask a question!

Just secured my weekend pass. Not sure if I'll make it tomorrow but will definitely go this weekend.

“You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea.” - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012

Edmonton Expo has been held at Northlands since the beginning AFAIK. Of course I'd much prefer if it was held downtown but there's really no downtown conference facilities big enough for it, and at 144000 sq ft the Shaw Conference Centre is way too small (that's why I've wanted SCC to double in size across Grierson Hill Road to LMP but that's in another thread). Expo Centre is over 400,000 sq ft and most of it used by the comic expo except for Halls A and B. BTW the aforementioned Animethon has outgrown MacEwan and is moving to SCC next year.

“You have to dream big. If we want to be a little city, we dream small. If we want to be a big city, we dream big, and this is a big idea.” - Mayor Stephen Mandel, 02/22/2012